Letterpress Plates

We supply either Photopolymer or Magnesium Letterpress printing plates which can be wood mounted to type height if needed. (for artwork requirements please refer to Artwork)
Both steel backed polymer and magnesium products are compatible with the popular Heidelberg, Adana, Craft Dragon and Quickutz letterpress machines.

Photopolymer
Polymer plates come in various thicknesses and are either "foil" or "steel backed" and can be supplied with self adhesive tape attached if required.
The most popular thicknesses are 0.95mm and 1.7mm. These are the nearest equivalents to be used in conjunction with the two available Boxcar bases. They are identified as either Deep relief or Standard relief. (0.95mm = Standard / 1.7mm = Deep)
In order to achieve the embossed / de-bossed finish that modern fashion demands for such things as wedding invitations, our steel backed Polymer is hard enough to be used as an alternative to Magnesium. This product is 1.75mm thick including the steel backing.
These plates are capable of holding the fine detail required for high quality letterpress printing.

Magnesium
Magnesium is the hardest of all our letterpress products.
The two available thicknesses are 1.63mm(16g) and 4mm(8g). (see Gauge)

For pricing information (of either Photopolymer or Magnesium Letterpress plates), please see the main price list.